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To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
2/12/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Establishes a pilot program in certain U.S. district courts under which: (1) those district judges who request to hear cases involving patent or plant variety protection issues are designated by the chief judge to hear them; (2) such cases are randomly assigned to the district court judges, regardless of whether they are designated; (3) a judge not designated to whom such a case is assigned may decline to accept the case; and (4) a case so declined is randomly reassigned to one of those judges so designated.
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- 02/13/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 02/12/2007 - Mr. Berman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 02/12/2007 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1430-1433)
- 02/12/2007 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1430)
- 02/12/2007 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
show all actions- 02/13/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 02/12/2007 - Mr. Berman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 02/12/2007 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1430-1433)
- 02/12/2007 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1430)
- 02/12/2007 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 02/12/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 34.
- 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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